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Show 4 ' v 1 ' Joe Ferguson Joe Ferguson again in Congress race Republican Joe H. Ferguson, Fer-guson, airline captain from American Fork, announced Friday that he would 'challenge 'chal-lenge the incumbent Democrat Demo-crat Gunn McKay for the seat in the United States Congress from Utah's first congressional congression-al district. Ferguson called for a return to reality and stated, "Too many programs cost far more than they provide. Many are unworkable, counter-productive and unrealistic. The burden bur-den placed on the tax-payer in excessive taxes, inflation and high interest rates caused by the outrageous spending on the federal level, is ludicrous. Most young couples can no longer afford to buy homes and our elderly can't even afford to keep the homes they have paid for over many years of sacrifice and hard work. It is frightening, the direction the government has taken us. Where will we be in five years from now. ..or ten years from now. Heaven help the children growing up if we don't act now." "The federal government has become a ravenous animal, ani-mal, consuming an ever-increasing amount of our incomes." in-comes." 'The Carter Administration promised to cut big government, govern-ment, yet the bureaucracy continues to escalate. It is out of control and out of touch with the people. Power and special interest groups are in control. The rights and needs of the majority are all too often ignored." "Congressman McKay, while a decent man, is responsible respon-sible for much of the destructive destruc-tive legislation in existence today. He has appeased the self-serving. He has disregarded disre-garded the responsibilities of his office. Congressman McKay does not represent the majority of Utahns in the first district and his voting record proves it," said Joe Ferguson. |